Dove Cottage Garden

Night Paintings

These pictures are the result of several night painting sessions in Dove Cottage garden, William and Dorothy Wordsworth's home in Grasmere. They consider the passage of time and transition moments, the magic of the gloaming and the silence of nighttime. You can read more about the process of painting at night in my blogpost here The paintings on this page form part of a wider enquiry into creative process which you can also read more about on the 'blog' page.

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001 Alison Critchlow Gloaming, Dove Cottage Garden 40 X 30cm
006 'Fading Light, Dove Cottage Garden' Oil On Canvas 40 X30 Cm Alison Critchlow 2018
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007 'Guardians Of The Night' Oil On Canvas 40 X30 Cm Alison Critchlow 2018
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009 'Frost At Midnight' Oil And Snow On Canvas 40 X30 Cm Alison Critchlow 2018

Snippets of Time

These small studies were made in Dove Cottage garden, the home of William and Dorothy Wordsworth. Painted from the same bench at different times of day throughout the year.

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013 A Critchlow 'Summer Flower Scent'Mixed Media On Board
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001 Dove Cottage Garden, Green Rhythm 22x11cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
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002 'Dark Sky, Dove Cottage Garden' 22 X11cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
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003 'Summer Rhythm' 22 X 11 Cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
004 'Rhythm Of Spring' ,Dove Cottage Garden 22 X11cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
005 'In Dove Cottage Garden' 22 X 11 Cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
006 'Garden Calligraphy' Mixed Media On Board 22 X 11 Cm Alison Critchlow 2018
007 'Late Spring' 22 X 11 Cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018 (1)
008 'Wind, Dove Cottage Garden''22 X 11 Cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
009 'Undergrowth Rhythm' 22 X 11 Cm Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
011 'Late Summer Flower Rhythm' Mixed Media On Board Alison Critchlow 2018
012 'Shaft Of Light'22 X 11 Cm Mixed Mediaon Board Alison Critchlow 2018
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Works on Paper

Watercolour drawings made in the garden echoing the flow of words and marks in Wordsworth's manuscripts. I used a concertina sketchbook to chart these garden rhythms. The format allows time to be an element in the work as it flows across 70 pages. It is double sided and can be 'read' in any direction. Watch a short video I recorded with the Wordsworth Trust talking about my time spent in the garden here

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Concertina sketchbook pages from Alison Critchlow sketchbook made in Dove Cottage garden at Wordsworth Grasmere
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Long concertina sketchbook opened out to show a drawing made in Dove Cottage garden by artist Alison Critchlow
Concertina sketchbook painted in Dove Cottage garden by Alison Critchlow
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001 Alison Critchlow Concertina Sketchbook Page, (detail 2) Dove Cottage
002 Concertina Book, Page Dove Cottage Summer Autumn
003 Alison Critchlow Concertina Sketchbook Page, (detail 3) Dove Cottage
004 Concertina Book Page Detail Watercolour,pencil, Ink And Acrylic On Folded Paper Alison Critchlow 8
005 Concertina Book,detail, Autumnal Pages Dove Cottage Garden
008 Concertina Book,page Detail Summer Grass Rhythm Dove Cottage Garden
009 Winter Spring Concertina Page 2
010 Winter Spring Concertina Page 6
012 Winter Spring Concertina Page 5
013 Concertina Shadows A Critchlow
014 Concertina Book, Dove Cottage Garden 1
015 Concertina Book,page Detail4 Dove Cottage Garden 1
016 Concertina Book,detail Dove Cottage Garden
017 Winter Spring Concertina Page